A Romanian Christmas carol, “Three Kings,” performed by the Bucharest Madrigal Choir. Read more
A Romanian Christmas carol, “Three Kings,” performed by the Bucharest Madrigal Choir. Read more
From FDPI. Is there anything else essential that you think ought to have been mentioned? Read more
Kate James singing “Christmas Lights.” It’s so cool to discover that an old friend is now a singer-songwriter! Please click through and give the video a “Like” if it isn’t too much trouble! Read more
Yesterday’s episode of Fringe, “Anomaly XB-6783746,” had a less explicitly theological focus than the one before it. But it raised crucial questions of another sort: what makes a human being, what does it mean to be an animal, and what does evolution have to do with it – whether evolution that occurs naturally, or resulting from our future interventions in our genes to direct and shape our biological and technologically-enhanced natures? There are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD, so do not read... Read more
Via George Takei on Facebook. Read more
For the Patheos Book Club centered on the book Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Worship the Same God?, we are taking a more dialogical approach. And since I read their blogs regularly, I thought I’d interact with John Morehead and Bob Cornwall, who’ve both posted their thoughts on the book already, since John in turn responds to others who wrote about the book earlier. The book includes major contributions from scholars who represent both the present-day perspectives of Jews, Christians,... Read more
I read with interest in recent days the news (which I thought I’d heard announced at some point before) about the Queen James Bible. What this Bible does is translate the eight “clobber passages” in ways that reflect what many scholars understand them to mean, seeking to make clear that they are not about contemporary same-sex relationships. Those are the only changes – the rest is the straight (pun intended) text of the King James Version. In some instances the translation... Read more
The Christmas song by Chris De Burgh: Read more
This made me laugh out loud – literally. And so I felt I ought to share it. Hope it brought a glimmer of laughter into your grumpy post-apocalyptic world! Tic w Read more
A friend shared this on Facebook: I have commented on many occasions before on the noteworthy fact that most religious believers are secularists when it comes to the weather. Even the few who offer loud and obnoxious claims that severe weather indicates divine displeasure do so selectively. The always see severe weather as judgment on those they hate, but when severe weather impacts them, I do not ever recall a single one of them saying they were moved to... Read more
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